Sunday, 9 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew...
‘See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues;...
View ArticleSunday, 9 July 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 12,12-13.27-30.
Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body Jews or Greeks,...
View ArticleSunday, 9 July 2017 : Commentary Saint John XXIII
Everyone must be treated with respect, prudence and evangelical simplicity... The example of Jesus is more closely followed in the most appealing simplicity, not dissociated from the God-given prudence...
View ArticleMonday, 10 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows....
View ArticleMonday, 10 July 2017 : Letter to the Hebrews 12,1-9.
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking...
View ArticleTuesday, 11 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, ‘Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.’ Then the...
View ArticleTuesday, 11 July 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 12,12-24.
As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many had gathered and were praying. When he knocked at the outer gate, a maid named Rhoda...
View ArticleWednesday, 12 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is...
View ArticleWednesday, 12 July 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 12,25.13,1-12.
Then after completing their mission Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem and brought with them John, whose other name was Mark. Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers:...
View ArticleThursday, 13 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, ‘When it is evening, you say, "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red." And in...
View ArticleThursday, 13 July 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 13,13-25.
Then Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and returned to Jerusalem; but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on...
View ArticleFriday, 14 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew...
When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them, ‘Watch out, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’ They said to one another, ‘It...
View ArticleFriday, 14 July 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 13,26-39.
‘My brothers, you descendants of Abraham’s family, and others who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent. Because the residents of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize...
View ArticleSaturday, 15 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John...
The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen...
View ArticleSaturday, 15 July 2017 : Acts of the Apostles 13,44-52.
The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; and blaspheming, they contradicted what was spoken by...
View ArticleSunday, 16 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the...
View ArticleSunday, 16 July 2017 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 3,1-6.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known...
View ArticleMonday, 17 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew...
‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they...
View ArticleMonday, 17 July 2017 : First Letter to the Corinthians 4,1-8.
Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they should be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small thing that I...
View ArticleTuesday, 18 July 2017 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke...
‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But at the...
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